TikTok

name
/ˈtɪkˌtɒk/UK/ˈtɪkˌtɑk/US

Etymology

From tick-tock.

Definitions

  1. A video-sharing social media platform.

  2. A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on TikTok.

    • How are these vaccine TikToks fooling so many people?
    • Imagine The Smiths or Joy Division making TikToks to promote their music. Think about Nick Cave or Joni Mitchell, and just imagine them negotiating with this bullshit.
  3. A TikTok account.

    • If you’ve never been on TikTok, we don’t recommend you start a TikTok just to promote your campaign.
    • Start a TikTok and share your ideas, join a club or group, or audition for the play, etc.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To upload a video of something to TikTok.

      • There’s nothing worse, after all, than male mutton dressed as lamb; or an old-style peacock dressed like a TikTok-ing Gen Z.
      • It’s not often that one sees a mayor TikTok-ing and Instagramming such random activities, ranging from ice-cream making, to exercising, to a mini magic show.
    2. To search for and view on TikTok.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for TikTok. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA